Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The native ( adult ! ) speaker takes the simple collocation of three words as simultaneously the name of a character and a classic children 's television programme . |
| 2 | A gasp of delight escaped her lips as instantly the gardens assumed a new and spellbinding dimension : thousands of light bulbs springing to life , outlining domes and minarets , and other graceful exotic images of the architects ' imagination . |
| 3 | It probably fooled the listeners as only the presenter knew I was actually in the studio . |
| 4 | This marked the recommencement of the peace process which had been under serious threat in recent months as both the FMLN and the government accused each other of not abiding by the conditions laid down in the January peace treaty [ see pp. 38716 ; 38809 ; 38906 ] . |
| 5 | That was twice as many workers as even the average Soviet factory employed and ten times as many as its West German equivalent . |
| 6 | But beyond that , Halifax emerges from these friendly pages as just the cold , compromising nobleman of legend . |
| 7 | Yeah they 're just showing some of the mistakes as well the windy down . |
| 8 | Perhaps archivists are used to seeing records as merely the physical residues of communicative acts in the past whilst librarians have a greater veneration of the Book as a sacred text . |
| 9 | ‘ Implicitly , if not explicitly , the doctoral thesis has come to be thought of in some countries and institutions as simply the demonstration that a certain amount of research methodology has been transmitted and received , with much less emphasis than used to be the case upon the nature and significance of the topic explored . ’ |
| 10 | This brilliant first ascent , in a pure alpine style , ranks as easily the finest achievement in the greater ranges so far this year . |
| 11 | The problem was exacerbated by the decision in 1950 to leave prisons as primarily the province of the states , which gives the central government something of an excuse for its half-hearted approach to reform . |
| 12 | Mention is made of how in the viewing of the mountains " … it is to be seen how the very naturall working of those flood falling from the height in winter stormes have broken down & worn such rifts & slitts in the rocks as hereby the dead leaders or mettall finnes or vaine have appeared unto us above ground which before were hid by the earth & stones formerly covring the rocks some 2 or 3 fathomes deep … " |